Essential Oil Quick Usage Guide – Acne

Acne is an inflammatory skin condition where excess sebum and bacteria get trapped in the skin’s pores resulting in various types of blemishes like blackheads, whiteheads, pimples, and cysts. It is often caused by hormonal imbalances, poor diet, chemical exposure, and stress.

Essential oils can treat all of these factors while also improving the skin’s outer-most barrier, killing acne-causing bacteria, reducing inflammation, and dissolve sebum.

The Best Essential Oils for Acne

Essential oils have the power to dissolve hardened sebum, kill acne-causing bacteria, and even help preserve the skin’s acid mantle. When diluted with a carrier oil that is suitable for your skin type, some oils are just as effective as benzoyl peroxide without the side-effects.

The essential oils below have been proven to be effective against acne-causing bacteria with a few oils that have some of their own unique properties that can improve blemishes with consistent use.

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Thanks for the excellent information on essential oils. It’s very helpful. I had a question for you regarding essential oils to help stop facial hair growth that increases after menopause.

On one website, they said to use grapefruit oil, tee tree oil and lavender oil in in a bottle with aloe vera gel and water. I’ve been using this now for a few weeks. There may be there is some reduction in facial hair growth, but I’m not sure if it’s working. Or if it just takes more time.

Since some of these oils are also used to help hair growth, I wasn’t sure.

The hair growth cycle can actually last up to a year 🙁 So that is why you may not be seeing faster results. This isn’t essential oil related, but I know of one good way to remove hair for longer periods of time (but only if the hair is dark enough) and that is laser hair removal. You can actually get at-home laser hair removal machines on Amazon to try. I have used these on my underarms and legs with good results. The hair DOES eventually grow back after several weeks, but it seems to be sparser when it does. It may be worth looking into and Amazon usually has great return policies (but be sure to double check!) 🙂